Gerard Schouw

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Gerard Schouw

Adrianus Gerardus (Gerard) Schouw (born December 30, 1965 in Monster, South Holland) is a Dutch politician. As a member of Democrats 66 (D66) he has been an MP since June 17, 2010. He focuses on matters of the European Union, democracy, judiciary and the right of asylum.

Biography

Schouw studied administration of business at Hogeschool Delft, public administration at VU University Amsterdam and obtained a Ph.D. in law from Leiden University.

From 1990 to 1998 he was a member of the municipal council of Dordrecht and from 1994 to 1998 an alderman of Dordrecht. From 1999 to 2002 he was D66 chairman. From 2003 to 2010 he was a member of the Senate as well as from 2007 to 2010 Senate group leader. Since June 2011 he has been a member of the House of Representatives. In 2012 he tried in vain to obtain the Presidency of the House of Representatives.

Besides his political activities Schouw was director of the Dutch knowledge centre for big cities (Kenniscentrum Grote Steden) from 2001 to 2007. Since 2007 he has been president of the board of directors of the Netherlands Institute for City Innovation Studies (Nicis Institute).

References

(Dutch) Parlement.com biography

External links

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(Dutch) House of Representatives biography

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GreenLeft<br/ >(GL - 4)	Klaver Van Ojik Van Tongeren Voortman

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People's Party for<br/ >Freedom and Democracy<br/ >(VVD - 41)	Azmani Berckmoes-Duindam De Boer Bosman Ten Broeke Van der Burg De Caluwé Dijkhoff R. Dijkstra Duisenberg Elias Harbers Heerema Leegte De Liefde Van der Linde Litjens Lodders Lucas Van Miltenburg (President) Moors Mulder Neppérus Van Nieuwenhuizen Van Oosten Potters A. Rutte Schut-Welkzijn Van der Steur Straus Taverne Tellegen Van Veen Venrooy-van Ark Verheijen Visser De Vries Vuijk Van 't Wout Ziengs Zijlstra

Reformed Political Party<br/ >(SGP - 3)	Bisschop Dijkgraaf Van der Staaij

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Persondata
Name	Schouw, Gerard
Alternative names	Schouw, Adrianus Gerardus
Short description	Dutch politician and director
Date of birth	December 30, 1965
Place of birth	Monster, South Holland, Netherlands
Date of death
Place of death

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